The City Council finds as follows:
A. Persons and businesses are using City streets as de facto used car lots to sell used vehicles.
B. The act of selling a car in public streets invites prospective buyers into the roadway to examine the vehicle. It is well known that prospective buyers examine the condition of vehicles for sale and look for evidence of damage or repairs. When done in the public roadway, this poses an obvious risk to public and traffic safety that the City wishes to avoid.
C. The parking of vehicles for sale on City streets creates a distraction for drivers and pedestrians, thereby creating a further public safety hazard. Because drivers may attempt to not only read a for sale sign in or on a vehicle but also commit to memory, write down, or call a telephone number on such a sign, these signs pose a greater risk of accidents than do other types of signs that may be displayed in or on a parked vehicle.
D. The significant increase in vehicles parked for the purpose of sale has created a nuisance by decreasing the parking available for local residents and businesses.
E. The City has an important and substantial public interest in protecting public safety, reducing accidents, removing impediments to the orderly flow of traffic such as illegal and hazardous parking, abating public nuisances, eliminating visual blight, preventing unlawful trafficking in stolen vehicles, and protecting licensed car dealers from unfair competition.